Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To exult with joy; to rejoice. · To boast; to be proud. · To shine radiantly.
Great beauty and splendor. · Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. · That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour. · Worship or praise.
From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.
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This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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